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...camp by coach Jim Burton on a tryout basis, Classen surprised many by outplaying former NHL first-round draft pick CraigHillier and winning the backup job behind Judd Lambert. Then, after watching from the wings as Lambert started the first...

...we're going to be a gritty, hard-working defensive-minded hockey team." After allowing goalies Cris Classen and CraigHillier to play the first two games, Burton used Monday as a tune-up for Lambert. "Judd looked like he hadn't played...

...with him." As for possible trades, the Lynx possibly could trade one of the goaltenders - former first-round pick CraigHillier or second-year pro Cris Classen - who are vying to make the club. "I've got to decide which goalie I want to...

The goalie race is over, and Augusta Lynx coach Jim Burton is calling it a dead heat. So who will it be? CraigHillier? Or Cris Classen? Burton may as well flip a coin, given that he is equally impressed with the two netminders vying...

...while No. 3 center, rookie Josh St. Louis, was flanked by wingers Tyson Holly and Kevin Hansen. ... Goalie CraigHillier, a first-round pick by Pittsburgh in 1996, had a golf-ball sized welt below his left thumb. The bruise was the...

...goaltenders to training camp to compete for the backup job behind Judd Lambert. Former NHL first-round draft pick CraigHillier, who played the past three years in the Penguins organization, appears to be the frontrunner. He will battle it...

...behind Mike Valley, who was brilliant in two games (2-0, one shutout) with the Lynx earlier this season, and CraigHillier. In just six games, Keyes is 1-4 with a 3.74 goals-against average at Syracuse. Lambert has been a rock in...